The Clock is Ticking for Teacher Effectiveness Task ForceBehind closed doors, committee reviews research and interviews experts, with draft report slated for March 1
With no small task at hand -- and not much time -- a dozen or so educators, advocates and academics have begun gathering regularly in the administrative offices of North Brunswick schools to come up with a way to evaluate teachers and principals across the state.
The members of Gov. Chris Christie’s Educator Effectiveness Task Force, along with state department staff, met on Wednesday for more than five hours, beginning to draft a report to submit to Christie by March 1.
The members appointed by Christie in what was a controversial selection process in itself and have each signed confidentiality agreements.
But their chairman said yesterday that the group has already begin reviewing research and talking to experts, in and out of state. Some early attention has been paid to Delaware’s evaluation system
